as in sense
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
she's got the gray matter to figure that equation out
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Researchers have seen neuroplastic change during the life span in both the white and gray matter that form brain tissue.
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Hilary A. Diefenbach, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
In adults with mild hearing loss, studies show a decrease in gray matter.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
This three-pound lump of gray matter in our skulls processes our thoughts, memories, feelings, and unconscious physiology.
—Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Well, leave it to the masters of modern science to explain the living daylights out that day’s supernatural performance, identifying every last detail of the action in my gray matter down to the exact neural networks firing throughout my tempest.
—Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 19 Sep. 2023
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Hilary A. Diefenbach, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
In adults with mild hearing loss, studies show a decrease in gray matter.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
This three-pound lump of gray matter in our skulls processes our thoughts, memories, feelings, and unconscious physiology.
—Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Well, leave it to the masters of modern science to explain the living daylights out that day’s supernatural performance, identifying every last detail of the action in my gray matter down to the exact neural networks firing throughout my tempest.
—Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 19 Sep. 2023
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